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Culinary Herb Garden

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chives
oregano
fennel
parsley
oregano
sage
thyme
rosemary
garlic
angelica
borage
savory

Dyers Herb Garden

“Red cabbage leaves, carrot tops, cranberries, curry power, fresh dandelion flowers, fennel leaves and flowers, fresh goldenrod flowers, hop flowers, mugwort leaves, red, yellow and white onion skins, rosemary needles, sorrel leaves, tansy leaves and flowers, turmeric powder, and yarrow leaves and flowers. Many berries and vegetable matter like cabbage and beets are considered stains more than dyes because the bright colors quickly fade to yellow or brown shades.

· Plant leaves are best gathered in the pre-bloom or blooming stage. Flowers are best picked as they are coming into bloom. Berries are best harvested when fully ripened and roots should be dug in late summer or in autumn when the plant is past its peak flowering period. Bark gives its best colors picked in the spring, although bark from trees cut in autumn will also give you good color.

· Anne Bliss, author of North American Dye Plants, gives this advise for determining what colors you can expect from plants: “Yellow-flowering plants most often produce yellow-cast dye, as do most white bloomed species. However, some white-flowering plants yield tans. Plants with purple blossoms usually give tans, golds and greens. Red berries generally produce yellow or golds.”

- quoted from The Herb Society of America, read the rest for dyeing how-to

Black: black walnut, alder
Brown: burdock, comfrey, fennel, onion, geranium
Gold: goldenrod, plantain, safflower, agrimony
Blue: indigo, elder, elecampane
Pink: bloodroot, chicory, madder
Green: agrimony, angelica, betony, coltsfoot, foxglove, marjoram, rosemary, tansy, yarrow
Gray: poplar, raspberry
Red: dandelion, St. Johns Wort, sweet woodruff, hops